THEY PLAYED IN PEORIA

 

OTHER INDOOR VENUES, PEORIA COUNTY, IL

 

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The Barn, 9205 N. Galena Road (closed):

as Baty's Barn:

01-30-1955 – Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm

02-15-1955 –  Buddy Moreno and His Orchestra
03-19-1955 – Ted Lewis, His Orchestra and Revue

04-09-1955 – Jimmy "Dancing Shoes" Palmer Orhcestra

04-17-1955 – Tommy Sosebee
04-23-1955 – Art Mooney Orchestra

04-30-1955 – Jerry Mercer with David Carroll and his Orchestra

05-13-1955 – Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra

05-21-1955 – Freddie Stevens Orchestra

05-28-1955 – Eddy Howard Orchestra

06-03-1955 – Oklahoma Wranglers, Kay Clark, Tommy Sosebee

07-XX-1955 – Webb Pierce and his Wandering Boys, Red Sovine, Anna Raye, Peach Seed Jones

07-30-1955 – Ray Anthony Orchestra

08-XX-1955 – Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys

08-18-1955 – Billy May Band, Sam Donahue

09-02-1955 – The Crew Cuts

09-10-1955 – Pat Boone, Ernie Rudy & his Coral Recording Orchestra

09-17-1955 – Jan Garber Orchestra

09-23-1955 – The Commanders with Eddie Grady

10-01-1955 – Ralph Marterie & His Downbeat Orchestra

10-08-1955 –  Buddy Moreno Orchestra

11-04-1955 – Wayne King Orchestra

11-12-1955 – Jimmy Palmer Orchestra

12-10-1955 – Eddy Howard Orchestra

12-31-1955 – Freddy Barnes Orchestra

01-21-1956 – The Crew Cuts, Bill Hardesty Orchestra

02-04-1956 – Bill Hardesty Orchestra

03-03-1956 – Jimmy Palmer Orchestra

04-28-1956 – Ted Weems Orchestra

09-29-1956 – The Dick Jurgens Orchestra – cancelled
10-06-1956 – Chuck Foster

12-22-1962 – Booker T. & The MG's (group was a no-show, several hundred fans rioted)

xx-xx-1963 – Ike and Tina Turner

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as The Barn:

06-04-1971 – Bloodrock

06-19-1971 – Spirit

07-09-1971 – The Byrds, Sunday, Godzilla

07-16-1971 – Edgar Winter's White Trash, Morning Morning, All Star Frogs

07-23-1971 – Alice Cooper, Brownsville Station

08-14-1971 – Crow, Podipto, Fanny

08-21-1971 – Teagarden & Van Winkle (Bob Seger), Brownsville Station

08-27-1971 – Sugarloaf, Remedy, Morning Morning

09-04-1971 – Black Oak Arkansas, The Mackinaw Valley Boys

09-11-1971 – Mason Profitt, Wilderness Road

09-22-1971 – Alice Cooper, Mike Quatro's Jam Band

11-09-1971 – Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes, Savage Grace

12-31-1971 – Edgar Winter's White Trash

01-23-1972 – Uriah Heep

02-20-1972 – Allman Brothers Band, R.E.O. Speedwagon

02-25-1972 – James Gang, Point Blank

03-10-1972 – King Crimson (Recorded part of their album "Earthbound" at this concert), Black Oak Arkansas,

                      Sweathog

03-17-1972 – Ajax Maggot, Mannish Boy

03-24-1972 – Mike Quatro Jam Band, Finchley Boys

03-31-1972 – Saylor, Smack Water Rye

04-08-1972 – Cactus, Bloodrock, Pot Liquor (possibly on 04-09-1972)

04-20-1972 – Ten Years After (unsure of this, as they were also playing in Johnston, PA, the same day)

05-07-1972 – Quicksilver Messenger Service

05-13-1972 – Fleetwood Mac, McKendree Spring, Ashton Gardner & Dyke

07-24-1972 – Uriah Heep

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Canton High School, Canton, IL:

09-13-1967 – The Doors

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Cornerstone Building, 321 N. Madison: aka The Strawmill Playhouse

02-26-1989 – Peoria Symphony Brass Quintet

04-15-1989 – Bill Hardesty Big Band

10-17-1989 – Johnny Winter, Dave Chastain and The Blues Rockers

12-10-1989 – Peoria Area Youth Chorus, Civic Chorale Honors Chorus

01-19-1990 – "A Gentleman and A Scoundrel", thru 02-03-1990

09-21-1996 – The Bobs

11-10-1996 – Barry Cloyd

11-20-2010 – Vanessa Davis Band, First Class Ticket

05-18-2012 – Something With Trees, Memorial For Dove

08-30-2013 – Dan Fogelberg Celebration Weekend

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Fernwood Gardens, 4809 W. Farmington Road:

07-29-1932 – Duke Ellington

06-14-1951 – Rudy James Band
06-21-1951 – Rudy James Band
07-03-1951 – Rudy James Band
07-26-1951 – Ralph Howard and his 13 piece band
08-02-1951 – Ralph Howard and his 13 piece band
08-09-1951 – Rudy James Band
08-16-1951 – Tiny Hill Orchestra
08-23-1951 – Rudy James Band

07-17-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Jean Norman
07-19-1952 – Rudy James Band, Betsy Ross
07-20-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Betsy Ross
07-23-1952 – Rudy James Band
07-26-1952 – Gary Gannis Orchestra
08-07-1952 – Rudy James Orchestra (continuing)
08-22-1952 – Gus Gustafson
08-28-1952 – Rudy James Orchestra (continuing)

09-11-1952 – Cary Gannis (continuing)
09-27-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer and His Rhythm Rascals

10-11-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer and His Rhythm Rascals
10-19-1952 – Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Marietta Knox
10-23-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer and His Rhythm Rascals (continuing)
11-08-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer Band
11-16-1952 – Tiny Hill Orchestra
11-22-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer and His Rhythm Rascals
12-06-1952 – Bill Viehmeyer and His Rhythm Rascals (continuing)
12-27-1952 – Bill Reardon and his Playboys

01-03-1953 – Bill Viehmeyer Orchestra
01-10-1953 – Jimmy Herron Orchestra
01-17-1953 – Bill Viehmeyer Orchestra
01-24-1953 – Jimmy Herron Orchestra
01-31-1953 – Rhythm Rascals
02-14-1953 – Rhythm Rascals
02-28-1953 – Rhythm Rascals
03-14-1953 – Rhythm Rascals
03-28-1953 – Rhythm Rascals
04-11-1953 – Rhythm Rascals (continuing)

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G.A.R. Hall, 416 Hamilton:

11-23-1980 – Chicago Chamber Brass - 2 shows

10-02-2008 – Roundstone Buskers, Bloomsday

12-04-2008 – Barry Cloyd, Celtricity

11-07-2010 – Preston Jackson and Friends

01-11-2014 – The Way Down Wanderers, Barry Cloyd

08-09-2014 – Jake Armerding, Jonathan Rundman

 

Jumer's Castle Lodge, Western at Moss:

11-19-1989 – Rachael Lee, Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band, 2 shows
02-17-1991 – ICC Jazz Band, Bradley Jazz Band, Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band
03-25-1993 – Phil Wilson with Central Illinois Jazz Society
03-06-1994 – Illinois Central College Jazz Ensemble, Steven Chavez
04-17-1994 – Merchant Street Rowdies
04-21-1996 – Western Illinois University Jazz Band, 2 shows
04-20-1997 – Earl Gately Quintet, 2 shows
11-23-1997 – Sally Weisenburg and the Famous Sidemen, Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band
04-19-1998 – Central Illinois Jazz Society Ensemble, Knox Jazz Band
11-19-1998 – Central Illinois Jazz Society
02-21-1999 – Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band, Knox College Jazz Ensemble, 2 shows
04-18-1999 – Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band
11-21-1999 – Bradley Jazz Ensemble, Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band, 2 shows
04-16-2000 – Central Illinois Jazz Society, Carl Anderson, New Orleans Jazz Band, 2 shows
03-16-2003 – Illinois Central College Jazz Band, Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band
01-18-2004 – Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band, Central Illinois Jazz Orchestra
04-25-2004 – Central Illinois Jazz Society House Band, 2 shows

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Knights of Columbus Hall, 7403 Radnor Rd.

10-26-2008 – Searson

 

Pere Marquette Hotel, Carousel Nighclub, 501 Main:

09-26-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane (continuing) (Carousel Nightclub)

10-03-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane (continuing)
10-18-1952 – Freddy Hess Orchestra, Mary Smiles
10-24-1952 – Zeke Sanders Orchestra
11-01-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra (continuing)
11-08-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane (continuing)
11-26-1952 – Zeke Sanders Orchestra
11-29-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane (continuing)
12-06-1952 – Zeke Sander Orchestra, Jean Norman
12-10-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra
12-13-1952 – Freddie Hess Orchestra
12-18-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra

12-21-1952  – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane

12-27-1952  – Gary Gannis Orchestra, Margie Burling

12-31-1952 – Dick Raymond Orchestra

01-03-1953  – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane
01-10-1953  – Lloyd "Moe" Harvey Orchestra
01-24-1953  – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane
01-31-1953  – Rudy James Orchestra
02-07-1953  – Rick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane
02-21-1953  – Moe Harvey Orchestra, Mary Cheatham
02-28-1953  – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane
03-07-1953  – Rudy James Orchestra, Phyllis Fabry
03-14-1953  – Lloyd Moe Harvey Orchestra, Mary Cheatham
03-21-1953  – Rudy James Orchestra, 5 Tones
03-29-1953  – Lloyd Moe Harvey Orchestra, Mary Cheatham
04-04-1953  – Dick Raymond Orchestra, Dorie Lane
04-12-1953  – Lloyd Moe Harvey Orchestra, Mary Cheatham
04-19-1953  – Rudy James Orchestra, 5 Tones

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Pere Marquette Hotel, 501 Main, later the Peoria Hilton (now the Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette): WebSite

05-19-1951 – Clyde Trask Orchestra

10-08-1951 – Producers William Perlberg and George Seaton, with actors Barbara Hall, Bill Williams, Alice Kelley

                      (business meeting with later dinner open to the public)

11-10-1951 – Ozzie Osbourne's Orchestra

03-15-1952 – Ralph Howard Orchestra, Joe Kilton Orchestra, Jimmy Carragher, George Gibson, The Puppets, Milton

                      Budd (Policeman's Ball)

11-29-1952 – Bob Barren Orchestra (LaSalle Room)
11-29-1952 – Freddie Stevens Band (ballroom)
01-10-1953 – Bill Oetzel Band (ballroom)

04-25-1953 – Eleanor Roosevelt (address on 5th anniversary of State of Israel)
​​xx-xx-1967 – Bobby Vee (may have been 1968)

xx-xx-1968 – New Colony Six (Bradley University homecoming)

11-14-1970 – Tex Beneke and His Orchestra

01-14-1978 – Peoria Civic Opera, Vera Scammon (Peoria Hilton)

xx-xx-198x – James Brown

01-31-2004 – Jim Thome, Lisa Perry

03-27-2009 – Squirrel Nut Zippers (private benefit concert for the Peoria PlayHouse)

 

Scottish Rite Cathedral, 400 N. Perry: WebSite

01-29-1952 – University of Illinois Men's Glee Club

01-18-1976 – Central Illinois Youth Symphony

12-17-1976 – The Smithsonian Chamber Players, thru 12-18-1976

04-04-1982 – The United Stated Air Force Airmen of Note

03-10-1984 – "The Wind in The Willows", Peoria Community Children's Theater

08-28-1994 – Johnny Russell

03-31-1995 – "Cosi Fan Tutte", thru 04-01-1995

12-15-1996 – "Amahl and the Night Visitors"

05-04-1997 – Orpheus Club of Peoria concert

01-28-2005 – "Longer", a concert tribute to Dan Fogelberg

01-20-2007 – Dark Star Orchestra

03-31-2007 – Steve Hall, Shotgun Red Band

06-07-2007 – Glenn Miller Orchestra

08-28-2010 – Dan Fogelberg tribute concert

11-20-2010 – Tribute to Elvis and The Beatles

08-24-2013 – Don Campbell Band – Dan Fogelberg Celebration Weekend
04-05-2014 – Jesse Lee Jones "Brazibilly" Nashville Band

Now known as the Scottish Rite Theater.

12-11-2020 – The Way Down Wanderers

01-23-2022 – Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull)

01-30-2022– The Long and Winding Road (Beatles tribute)

02-20-2022 – Davina & The Vagabonds

03-18-2022 – Jim Messina

04-23-2022 – Liv Warfield, Dexter O'Neal, Funk Yard

08-04-2022 – The Accidentals, Kaboom Collective

09-24-2022 – Walter Trout

10-01-2022 – Dan Fogelberg: Native Son, thru 10-02-2022

10-16-2022 – The Manhattan Transfer, The Diva Jazz Orchestra

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Shoppes At Grand Prairie, 5201 W. War Memorial Drive: WebSite

08-17-2004 – Angel – Dry Ice Tour

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Skaters Junction, Peru, IL

06-19-1966 – The Dave Clark Five, The Coachmen, The Friars, The Shillings - 2 shows

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Spalding Institute Gymnasium, 409 N. Madison (demolished):

03-25-1953 – Anthony Galla-Rini (accordionist)

10-09-1966 – Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Shags, The Coachmen, The Vagrants - 2 shows

xx-xx-19xx – The Monkees (reunion tour without Michael Nesmith), Boyce and Hart (held sometime between July

                     1975, and March, 1977)

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